FALMOUTH — A 27-year-old Mashpee man was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in prison after a jury found him guilty of dragging a leashed dog outside a car while assaulting a woman inside the car in April.

Darius L. Coombs, of Attaquin Street, was ordered not to possess or work with animals as part of his conviction on an animal cruelty charge, according to Falmouth District Court records. The prison term will be followed by two years of probation for Coombs, who also was convicted of assault and battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

The jury found Coombs not guilty on a negligent driving charge, and prosecutors dropped a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a windshield, court records show.

At about 8 p.m. April 9, Mashpee police responded to a reported fight between a man and a woman near Walton Heath Way. A witness said the two were fighting inside a blue Buick sedan, and the woman was "screaming for her life," police said. A dog was attached to the car, either by a rope or chain, and being dragged, the witness said.

The Buick had crashed into a utility pole on Nehoiden Road by the time police arrived to find the woman battered and bruised, her nose bleeding and sweatshirt bloodstained, according to the arrest report. As an officer spoke with the woman, police said Coombs began to shout and approach them.

With his fists clenched, Coombs refused to put his hands on his head and stop walking toward them, police said. After the officer warned him that he would be stunned with a Taser, Coombs turned and ran, leading police on a 40-yard chase before he was tackled and arrested, police said.

The woman was taken to Falmouth Hospital for swelling, scratches and bruises on her face, police said.

Police searched for the pit bull, but were unable to find the dog or its leash.

Nine days later, on April 18, an animal control officer found a black-and-white pit bull sitting in a yard on Walton Heath Way, police said. The dog was "extremely undernourished," police said, weighing 43 pounds — a dozen pounds below his usual estimated weight of 55 pounds. After being taken to Mashpee Veterinary Hospital, the pit bull was identified as "Wilbur." The 15-month-old dog had suffered severe road rash burns on all four paws, his legs, jaw, right eye and abdomen, police said.